7 - Grand Endeavours and Economic Realities: Managing System-wide Structural Changes to Ugandan Higher Education in the Face of Private Expansion
Journal of Higher Education in Africa,
Vol. 5 No. 2-3 (2007): Journal of Higher Education in Africa
Abstract
Uganda’s higher education system has undergone a number of dramatic changes in recent years as part of a three-pronged effort to accommodate rapidly-expanding enrolments, improve the system’s economic efficiency and provide education op- portunities that are better matched to the nation’s labour market needs. This paper examines these key developments in light of the country’s rapidly-expanding pri- vate higher education market. The economic rationale for government regulation of private providers is discussed along with a cost/benefit analysis of three key private higher education related issues that we believe will need to be addressed in the coming years. At the end, we consider how applicable the Ugandan case is to the broader debate and policies associated with private expansion in other developing systems.
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- Avenstrup, R., Liang, X. & Nellemann S., 2004, ‘Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and Uganda: Universal Primary Education and Poverty Reduction’, paper presented at the conference on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction: A Global Learning Proc- ess, Shanghai, China, May 25-27.
- Banya, K. and Elu, J., 2001, ‘The World Bank and Financing Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa’, Higher Education, 42(1), pp.1-34.
- Becker, G. S., 1964, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, New York: NBER.
- Beverwijk, J., 2005, The Genesis of a System: Coalition Formation in Mozambican Higher Education, 1993–2003, Enschede: CHEPS.
- Court, D., 1999, Financing Higher Education in Africa: Makerere, the quiet revo- lution, World Bank Tertiary Education Thematic Group publication series, Washington (DC): World Bank.
- James, E., & Rose-Ackerman, S. (eds.), 1986, The Nonprofit Enterprise in Mar- ket Economics, New York: Harwood Academic Publishers.
- James, E. & Neuberger, E., 1981, ‘The university department as a non-profit la- bour cooperative’, Public Choice, 36(3), pp.585-612.
- James, E., 1978, ‘Product Mix and Cost Disaggregation: A Reinterpretation of the Economics of Higher Education’, Journal of Human Resources, 13(2), pp.157- 186.
- Jongbloed, B.W.A., 2003, ‘Marketization in Higher Education, Clark’s Triangle and the Essential Ingredients of Markets’, Higher Education Quarterly, 57(2), pp.110-135.
- Kasozi, A., 2005, ‘The Case for Strengthening Higher Education Regulatory Agen- cies in the south’, paper presented at the Nuffic Expert meeting on ‘A Chang- ing Landscape: Making support to tertiary education and research in develop- ing countries more effective’, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- Kirumira, E. K., & Bateganya, F., 2003, Where Has all the Education Gone in Uganda? Kampala: Makerere University Institute of Development Studies.
- Liang, X., 2004, ‘Uganda Tertiary Education Sector’, Africa Region Human De- velopment, Working Paper Series, Washington: World Bank.
- Mukisa, L., 2005, ‘Namasagali, NCHE to Settle Case Out of Court’, Kampala, The Monitor.
- Musisi, N. B., 2003, ‘Uganda’ in Teferra, D. & Altbach, P. G., (eds.). African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook, Bloomington: In- diana University Press.
- National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), 2004, ‘Fresh Data/Information on Higher Education Institutions in Uganda, 2004’, internal NCHE document, Kampala, NCHE.
- Salerno, C.S., 2005, ‘Funding Higher Education: The Economics of options, tradeoffs and dilemmas’ in Weber, L. & Bergan, S. (eds.) The Public Respon- sibility for Higher Education and Research, Council of Europe Publishing: Strasbourg.
- Salerno, C.S., 2004, ‘Rapid Expansion and Extensive Deregulation: The Devel- opment of Markets for Higher Education in the Netherlands’ in Amaral, A., Dill, D., Jongbloed, B. & Teixeira, P. (eds.) Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Kluwer: Dordrecht.
- Sawyerr, A., 2002, ‘Challenges Facing African Universities’, paper prepared for 45th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Washington, from http://www.aau.org/english/docu ments/asa-challenges.pdf.
- Schwarz, S. & Westerheijden, D.F., 2004, Accreditation and Evaluation in the European Higher Education Area, Dordrecht: Kluwer.
- Teferra, D., & Altbach, P. G., 2004, ‘African Higher education: Challenges for the 21st Century’, Higher Education, 47(1), pp.21-50.
- Teixeira, P., Rosa, M. J., & Amaral, A., 2004, ‘Is There a Higher Education Mar- ket in Portugal?’ in Amaral, A., Dill, D., Jongbloed, B., & Teixeira, P. (eds.) Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Kluwer: Dordrecht.
- Vossensteyn, J.J., 2005, Perceptions of Student Price-Responsiveness, Enschede, CHEPS.
- Winston, G. C., 1999, ‘Subsidies, Hierarchy and Peers: The Awkward Economics of Higher Education’, Journal of Economic Perspectives. 13(1), pp.13-36.
- Wolf, C., 1993, Markets or Governments: Choosing Between Imperfect Alternatives, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Avenstrup, R., Liang, X. & Nellemann S., 2004, ‘Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and Uganda: Universal Primary Education and Poverty Reduction’, paper presented at the conference on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction: A Global Learning Proc- ess, Shanghai, China, May 25-27.
Banya, K. and Elu, J., 2001, ‘The World Bank and Financing Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa’, Higher Education, 42(1), pp.1-34.
Becker, G. S., 1964, Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, New York: NBER.
Beverwijk, J., 2005, The Genesis of a System: Coalition Formation in Mozambican Higher Education, 1993–2003, Enschede: CHEPS.
Court, D., 1999, Financing Higher Education in Africa: Makerere, the quiet revo- lution, World Bank Tertiary Education Thematic Group publication series, Washington (DC): World Bank.
James, E., & Rose-Ackerman, S. (eds.), 1986, The Nonprofit Enterprise in Mar- ket Economics, New York: Harwood Academic Publishers.
James, E. & Neuberger, E., 1981, ‘The university department as a non-profit la- bour cooperative’, Public Choice, 36(3), pp.585-612.
James, E., 1978, ‘Product Mix and Cost Disaggregation: A Reinterpretation of the Economics of Higher Education’, Journal of Human Resources, 13(2), pp.157- 186.
Jongbloed, B.W.A., 2003, ‘Marketization in Higher Education, Clark’s Triangle and the Essential Ingredients of Markets’, Higher Education Quarterly, 57(2), pp.110-135.
Kasozi, A., 2005, ‘The Case for Strengthening Higher Education Regulatory Agen- cies in the south’, paper presented at the Nuffic Expert meeting on ‘A Chang- ing Landscape: Making support to tertiary education and research in develop- ing countries more effective’, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Kirumira, E. K., & Bateganya, F., 2003, Where Has all the Education Gone in Uganda? Kampala: Makerere University Institute of Development Studies.
Liang, X., 2004, ‘Uganda Tertiary Education Sector’, Africa Region Human De- velopment, Working Paper Series, Washington: World Bank.
Mukisa, L., 2005, ‘Namasagali, NCHE to Settle Case Out of Court’, Kampala, The Monitor.
Musisi, N. B., 2003, ‘Uganda’ in Teferra, D. & Altbach, P. G., (eds.). African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook, Bloomington: In- diana University Press.
National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), 2004, ‘Fresh Data/Information on Higher Education Institutions in Uganda, 2004’, internal NCHE document, Kampala, NCHE.
Salerno, C.S., 2005, ‘Funding Higher Education: The Economics of options, tradeoffs and dilemmas’ in Weber, L. & Bergan, S. (eds.) The Public Respon- sibility for Higher Education and Research, Council of Europe Publishing: Strasbourg.
Salerno, C.S., 2004, ‘Rapid Expansion and Extensive Deregulation: The Devel- opment of Markets for Higher Education in the Netherlands’ in Amaral, A., Dill, D., Jongbloed, B. & Teixeira, P. (eds.) Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Kluwer: Dordrecht.
Sawyerr, A., 2002, ‘Challenges Facing African Universities’, paper prepared for 45th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Washington, from http://www.aau.org/english/docu ments/asa-challenges.pdf.
Schwarz, S. & Westerheijden, D.F., 2004, Accreditation and Evaluation in the European Higher Education Area, Dordrecht: Kluwer.
Teferra, D., & Altbach, P. G., 2004, ‘African Higher education: Challenges for the 21st Century’, Higher Education, 47(1), pp.21-50.
Teixeira, P., Rosa, M. J., & Amaral, A., 2004, ‘Is There a Higher Education Mar- ket in Portugal?’ in Amaral, A., Dill, D., Jongbloed, B., & Teixeira, P. (eds.) Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Kluwer: Dordrecht.
Vossensteyn, J.J., 2005, Perceptions of Student Price-Responsiveness, Enschede, CHEPS.
Winston, G. C., 1999, ‘Subsidies, Hierarchy and Peers: The Awkward Economics of Higher Education’, Journal of Economic Perspectives. 13(1), pp.13-36.
Wolf, C., 1993, Markets or Governments: Choosing Between Imperfect Alternatives, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.